115+ Greek Goddess Names (with Meanings)
- Europa
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wide face"Description:
The continent of Europe gets its name from Europa, queen of Crete and lover of Zeus. It is also, notably, the name of one of Jupiter's moons.
- Coronis
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"crow"Description:
In Greek mythology, Coronis is the name of several minor characters. The name is off-limits for the foreseeable future, due to its similarity to "corona."
- Eulabeia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"caution"Description:
In Greek mythology, Eulabeia is a deity associated with caution, discretion, and avoidance. Eulabeia is used as a word some translations of the Bible meaning "reverence toward God."
- Astrape
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lightning"Description:
Astrape and Bronte are twin goddesses representing lightning and thunder in Greek mythology. The sisters would carry Zeus's thunderbolts.
- Estia
Origin:
Modern Greek and Italian form of HestiaMeaning:
"hearth, fireside"Description:
Estia is a quietly used name that manages to sound both homely and mythological, and both earthy and starry at the same time. It is the modern Greek and Italian form of Hestia, the Greek goddess of the domestic realm.
- Cleta
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the renowned one"Description:
Cleta was one of the Charities or Graces.
- Eurybia
Origin:
Nature name or GreekMeaning:
"wide force"Description:
Eurybia is a sea titaness and consort of Krios. A lesser-known name from Greek mythology, it may be on board to follow other goddesses back to glory.
- Eurynome
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"broad pasture; broad law"Description:
Eurynome was a name given to almost a dozen characters in Greek mythology. Among the most notable are Eurynome, mother of the Charites, and Queen Eurynome, wife of King Ophion.
- Nete
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknownDescription:
In Greek mythology, Nete was one of the Muses of the lyre. One of the lyre's seven notes is named for her.
- Rhapso
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"to sew"Description:
In Greek mythology, Rhapso was a nymph associated with stitching. Sewing was a common motif in Ancient Greece, used as a metaphor for the thread of life.
- Drosera
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"dewdrops"Description:
An obscure name from Greek mythology — Drosera was a nymph — with a quirky, ethereal meaning.
- Phrike
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"tremor"Description:
Phrike (rhymes with Nike) is the Greek goddess of horror. Her name is derived from the Greek phrittō, meaning "to tremble."
- Cleocharia
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknownDescription:
An elaborate way to get to Cleo, rooted in Greek mythology. Cleocharia was a water nymph married to King Lelex of Laconia.
- Tiasa
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknownDescription:
Tiasa is a little-known river nymph from Greek mythology. Her name would be easily wearable on a child today.
- Euporia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"prosperity"Description:
Not to be confused with Euphoria, Euporia was the Greek goddess of abundance.
- Harpina
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"sickle-shaped sword"Description:
A potential Harper alternative with connections to Greek mythology. Harpina was a water nymph and lover of Ares.
- Philophrosyne
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"friendly-minded"Description:
Philophrosyne was the spirit of welcome, friendliness, and kindness in Greek Mythology. She was one of the four younger Charites.
- Panacea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"a cure for all ills"
- Rhodos
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rose"Description:
Rhodos was the wife of Helios, the Greek god of the Sun, in Greek mythology. The Greek island of Rhodes is named for her.
- Clytie
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"glorious or renowned"Description:
Clytie was a sea nymph who loved the sun god Helios, who spurned her. She turned into the heliotrope flower.
